7 Lowland Mountain Gorilla - genus Gorilla small groups of Dominated by male silverback, male-male competition - POLYGYNY Males almost twice as big as females Figure 1 Western equatorial Africa. Commercial hunting is concentrated near transport routes (major roads in white), whereas Ebola impact has been heaviest in remote areas. Ape density in the Minkébé forest block (shaded area in northern Gabon) has dropped by about 99% over the past decade. The Ebola epidemic is currently most severe between Lossi and Odzala National Park. Observations of unpredated ape carcasses span 600 km, from 40 km west of Booue to the Nouabale Ndoki region of northern Congo. Walsh et al NATURE 422:611:614 7

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Cenozoic Climates Human Evolution and Adaptation Life Styles of the Merely Hominid Miocene Climates Miocene Habitats The increase in climate variability would have been evident in many regions as increased

Study Guide Primates and Human Evolution Describe the traits of primates.! Classify yourself taxonomically.! What traits make you human?! Describe the evolutionary trends in hominin species over the past

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DESCRIPTION IN-DEPTH FILM GUIDE Paleontologists have studied the fossil record of human evolution just as they have done for that of other major transitions including the transition from fish to tetrapods

Text Structure Practice Identify the text structure of the following passages. Underline signal words and clues that helped you determine each structure. 1. Wild chimpanzees are rapidly disappearing. Some

Name: Date: Human Evolution - Skull Analysis Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. Label one of the skulls below as human and the other as a chimpanzee skull. 2. What features

Name: Date: Student Exploration: Human Evolution - Skull Analysis Prior Knowledge Questions 1. Label one of the skulls below as human and the other as a chimpanzee skull. 2. What features did you use to

TEACHER GUIDE Human Evolution: One Step at a Time 60-Minute Life Science Lesson Interactive Video Conferencing Grades: 6-12 Human Evolution: One Step at a Time Description Trace the development of modern

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DOI: 0.08/s67-07-00997- OPEN Evidence of a chimpanzee-sized ancestor of humans but a gibbon-sized ancestor of apes Mark Grabowski,,, & William L. Jungers 5,6 Body mass directly affects how an animal relates

Section 5 Ape Conservation OVERVIEW Apes are endangered, and face significant threats to their survival. Deforestation due to agriculture, infrastructure development and industry is decreasing and fragmenting

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Geometric Morphometrics of Gorilla and Pan Scapulae Tessa Pearman Mentor: Rebecca Jabbour and Weiwei Pan Abstract: Understanding the morphology of the scapula of Gorilla and Pan is crucial to scientists

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Speciation: Part 2 1. Review of the biological barriers that limit gene flow between populations and species. 2. Back to Darwin's problem: Q: How do these biological barriers (reproductive isolating mechanisms)

Volume 11, Issue 7 KidsPost New Species News Article: This sea grass is REALLY old Discussion Questions: Really Old Sea Grass Map: Europe News Article and Discussion Questions: New animal species are found

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Australopithecines the extinct southern apes of Africa: a fresh light on their status? A.W. (Bill) Mehlert The now-extinct hominid subfamily Australopithecinae has long been a hot and contentious topic

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Supplementary Figure 1 Extrinsic hand proportions of humans, apes and other anthropoid primates. Species means are displayed for all extant hominid species, selected hylobatids, and one species representative

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Fantastic Fish Lesson 10 Fish are cold-blooded vertebrates that live in streams, lakes and oceans. They are abundant in both fresh and salt water. There are over 28,000 known species of fish on the planet.

Bipedalism and Tool Making And the fascinating history of the extended phenotype What exactly does it mean for big toes to be abductible (opposable)? I was wondering how scientists were able to distinguish

Fishes and Amphibians Objectives List the four common body parts of chordates. Describe the two main characteristics of vertebrates. Explain the difference between an ectotherm and an endotherm. Describe

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Sasquatch Statistics The Fahrenbach Findings Dr. Henner Fahrenbach, formerly with the Oregon Primate Research Center (now retired), continues to be a major authority on the sasquatch issue. His research

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